Here's a Hunch where you might find some answers online
A playful new site can help you make decisions, as long as someone has written up the topic in its question-and-answer format. If not, you could have a go yourself, and then let other people improve it
Netbytes: Scribd lets anyone upload their article, textbook or novel for other people to read online, download or embed in their blog – mostly free, but sometimes for a fee
Wolfram Alpha: taking the first steps to an invaluable future
Jack Schofield
Wolfram Alpha is the first small step on the way to having a system that answers questions. It doesn't have anything like enough data to be useful at the moment, but it could become invaluable in the future
Netbytes: Reportage photographers take lots of great pictures that never make the papers, but Boston.com collects them into sets that provide an enthralling background to the news
Smashing Magazine shows how to look smashing on the web
Jack Schofield
Netbytes: Anyone even slightly interested in web design and photography will find entertaining stuff at Smashing Magazine, though it does go deeper for professional developers
All about About.com, an information site with a human touch
About.com was a pioneering website that was a bit like Yahoo with expert human guides. It's still popular today, under the ownership of the New York Times
TripAdvisor delivers free advice from fellow travellers
When you're planning a holiday, TripAdvisor is a great place to find out what hotels are really like, and it's now part of an expanding network of useful travel sites
Netbytes: Jakob Nielsen's site wasn't intended to be ugly – it's just a mid-90s design – but it's still packed with good advice about usability, says Jack Schofield
